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The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
Her Big Sisters Beau.

IAtIhnta IOnsutuIIon.I
You are my sisters new beau, are you,
The one she caught at the balll
heard her telling mamma so,
Just as came through the hall
She says you are awfully stupid,
And you cannot dance at all;
It's just because you're rich, guess
Made you the Catch" at the ball.
And she says that when you are marrisd
She'n teach you thing or two;
don't think I'd be taught by girl
II were man like you
What Not going already, are youl
Jack never hurried off 80;
Sister will be down in minute,
And be real angry, know
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
One society 10 Had Forgot ten.

HJohn, would like to invite in my friend,
Mrs. Smalley, this evening. Win you be abls
to be in.'
"No, my dear, l must attend the meeting
Of the Ancient Order of Foresters tonight. :
"Well, tomorrow eyeningln
Ihave the Ancient Order Of United Work.
men, and You know"
"What about Wednesday EVENING"
"Oh, the Odd Fellows meet that night, and
on Thursday ] have a meeting of the knights
Of Labor to attend; on Friday the ROYAL
Templars of ofTemperance; on Saturday there's
a special meeting of the Masonic lodge, and
l couldn't miss that, and then Sunday night
let me see-what is there on Sunday night,
my dearf
"The Grand and Ancient Order of Christian
Fellowship"
"Why, had forgotten Am l a member
Of that-let me see"
"But you have forgotten another society,
John, of which you were once member"
"What's thatr
HYour wife's Toronto Grin
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
Pickles and Cream.

rro-Dayl
know an actress who stands high in hss
profession and who Is generally regarded as
n sane woman, who never eats dinner
But after her nights work is done she b.
served with meal comprised of picked
gherkins ice cream and cake. After soms
year of this dietary prSctice she fell seriously
I'll, and in her conyalescence met her pale
and interesting, being towed down Broad
way by her dog.
Il cannot conceive what allied me-" she
said. ''l'n sure took the best care Of my
self There isn't woman in the profession
that lives quieter than don
And she assumed an expression OF injury
that ought 10 hays c9ads Nature ashamed es
herself
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19

TIE LYCEUM CAR,
which will be used for lectures, stereopti.
cons, theatricals, ratification meetings raf-
fies, dog fights, fairs, roller skating, and
the many other modes of evening amuse.
ment Someone can always be found to
occupy the stage, even for Wednesday
matinees; and il any ticket speculator
presents himself, he can be transferred to q
slow freight train going the ther way. We
call attention to the sunset gun on the roof
This, fired amid the reverberating Rockies
will make timid travellers think that not
snly the sun, but the whole solar system
has yet
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
Had = RIrht to Lanrh

"Hello, Charleyi WHATS ups Never saw
you looking So jolly and happy
any best girl just got married"
"iot married! Why, man, is that any
thing TO be gay and festive Overt You ought
tS he in the last stages of melancholy"
"That's all right. You see, lin the fellow
the married - Merchant Traveller.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
He Wasn't in the No-Tade business.

"Didn't You warrant this suit of clothes not
to fadeF Indignantly demanded a working.
man OF old Moses on Chatham street.
"No, my frendt"
"Yes, you did. bought EN- on your war
rant not to fade.'
"My trendt, keep cool. You vhas in der
wrong shtore. vhas der man who warrants
my clothes not to shrink 1t vhas my brud-
der, two doors avhay, who goes on der no.
fade peesness und fails regularly twice
year. He shust failed again last night. Wall
Street NewR
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
Paste This in Your Hat

Raste Inis IN tour Nat
[Good Housekeeper.l
Don't let the door stand open, but shut q
with much care,
Without bang without a whang-yes, shut
it fair and square;
Without slam, without jam, without
slat-or Ssrk,
For if you We left it open, go shut II, and
don't shirk
No Christian man or woman, no well trained
chick or child,
viii let a door swing idly, to make weak
nerves run wild,
When chilly winds are blowing, and some
one taking cold
While the open door is creaking and muttsr-
ing like a scold-
TASTE makes but waste, remember so plspss
take of time;
Don't leave the door half open-a fault al
most crime
And if you've ever done this, don't do so any
more;
Whatever else you fail to do, don't fail "
shut the door.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
Tho Land of the Man In the Neon

tRufus Rood]
There's country remarkably quaint and
quear,
Where the air won't support BALBOA
And everything's just as 1t isn't here
IT'S the land OF the man in the moon.
There people don't bother with ''parties' al
all,
Ths crop Of great atstesmen's exceedingly
small,
Bank officers never flee toward Montreal
In the land of the man in the moon.
The ladies all make most delightful wives
In the land Of the man in the moon.
Rascality's punished, and honor thriyes
In the land Of the man in the MOON
The milkmen are honest the liquors are
pure,
No agents beset you with plaus to insure,
| Quacl doctors don't pronli3e each ailmen,
! to cure
In tbe land of the man in the mooh
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
WORKING CI ASSES ATTENTION.

prepared to furnish all classes with employment
at home, the whole of the time, or for their
spare moments. Business new, light and prof.
table. Persons of either sex easily earn from
50 cents to $500 per evening, and proportional
sum by devoting all their time to the business.
Boys and girls earn nearly as much as men.
That all who see this may send their address,
and test the business we make this offer. To
such as are not we'll satisfied We will send one
dollar to pay for the trouble Of writing Full
particulars and outfit free. Address GEnRGF
STINHoE 4 Co., Portland Maine
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19

You wonder why they take suCt pains
To turnip our horse-radish,
To terra-alba all our sweets,
To make Of good a bad dish,
To logwood wines, to slate our Goals,
Make pepper Of dried berries,
= Sc cabbage for Tobacco plant
For raisins run in cherriesl
They strive for gain, they make it pay,
And men of every nation
They "slt up nights" and rack their brains
For new adulteration
Each IT,. substitute is found
They pil on the steeper
For there's nothing in this world so cheap
But that there's something cheaper.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19

The Coming Bonnet.
Oh, sing the genius and the skill
OF milliners whose trade Is 7
To meet the fancies, curb the will.
And crown the handsome ladissl
The birds were shot, year ago,
To trim the Easter bonnet;
But now they put the things that grow
In market gardens on it
The vegetables and flowers and fruits,
= Tomato, radish, carrot,
Banana or the bud, as suits
The lady who must wear ID
A turnip, on curving brim, =
VIII hold it In position;
A carrot he some lady's whim
To indicate omission;
And onions, odorous and young,
That aid the tears in falling,
On mourning bonnets will be hung
To mark the grief appalling.
The hat or bonnet most complete,
The envy of all women,
viii be the one with biggest beet
Amid the garden trimmin'.
Columbus Dispatch,
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19

One feature OF Long Branch is that day
excursionists have no show at all there. Nc
merry go round, with monsters on which to
ride, no monster coasters, elephants, bearded
women shows, or any Of the nickel entertain.
ments dear TO the hearts OF children and
rustic rovers are there Long Branch is SO
high toned as to be very dull for these.
A driveway runs along the bluff, which is
not very well kept up however The
fashionable part Of Long Branch, as every
other place, is the west end, from the West
End hotel ending with the Elberon cottages.
II is not a very great space, but it thinks it
Is very great.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19

r HEREBY GIVE NOTICE THAT /
l. shall apply to the present session of
the General Assembly of the State of Della
ware, for divorce from my husband, James
Manley. MARY ELIZABETH MANLEY.
Wilmington, Del, January 10, 1887.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19

THE YANKEE NOTION CAR
will remove the ennui of the lady passen
gers, by enabling them to shop while en-
route; and purchase remnants on the
prairies, or among the canyons.
A lawn tennis car will enable the young to
while away the hours, and get the benefit Of
outdoor exercise among the SieTnl. Rate
per game. $ldls Games played whils
passing through tunnels, 70 cents each.
Snow storm games Is cents.
The bathing car will afford chance to
remove the SCOT and cinCNers that have
sifted through to the bones. A clean skin
will make the passenger feel so frisky that
he will be permitted to jump off and on the
rushing train To exercise his renewed vi
tality.
Finally, we will have a divorce drawing
room car for the special seclusion and com.
fort Of mis-mated mates, ell route to the
great divorce belt OF the northwest This
car will he dropped at Chicago and
switched on to turntable. 1t will then be
made to reyolve three times. which act, ac-
cording to Blackstone in Every Man His
Own Judge" sec 9, PIP 1910 shall consti.
tuts legal separation for all the passengers
within A complete law library ION divorcs
rulings, etc), will be found over the water
cooler. a telephone will connect with the
engineer, thus enabling tinlid danes to fire.
quently ask ii a COW can be seen on the
track.
Unkind reader, what does all this meant
II means that, ii You are alive at tile close of
the next century, you will havo witnessed
strange thingsl A thousand die il houses
TO one that meets death by railr.Ad ucci
sent Which mode Of living is saferl4
Wallace Peck in Life
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19

r HEREBY GIVE NOTICE THAT
n shall apply at the next session of the
General Assembly of the State of Delaware,
for divorce from my husband, Charles ].
Schlachter.
DEBORAH ]. SCHLACHTER.
January Sd, 1887.
The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-19
Morning Train.

Has Sleepers and Coaches
through to Baltimore, Washing
ton, Wheeling and Chicago with
out change.
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Death Rather Than Insanity.

Hon. Thomas c. Reynolds OF st. Louis
killed himself at the Custom House, by
falling down the elevator shaft from the
third floor eighty feet, and crushing his
skull. The cause was mental arrangement
superinduced by Authorizations that he
was about to become insane. He entered
the building and sauntered into the Unit
ed States court room. He appeared in
his usual humor. He was seen to leave
stepping into the elevator gate passed out
OF view. A few minutes later he was
brought out OF the sub basement, dead
In his pocket was a letter to his wife,
stating that two years ago he con-
tracted malaria at Aspinwall and
had failed to recover, the disease
settling on his spine. Recently he had
been troubled by insomnia and nervous.
ness. Visions invited him to join his dead
friends, and fearing lest he should be a
burden to his wife by becoming a luna
tic, having twice before been troubled with
dementia, and his estate ofS2OO, 600 being
in order, he determined to end his life.
Thomas C. Reynolds was born in Charles
ton, s. c., in 1921. He studied in the Uni
versity OF Harvard and continued his edu-
cation in Germany, graduating in Heidel-
burg in 1912. He spent one year in the
University OF Paris, and was admitted to
the bar in Virginia in 1874. Hewas secre-
tary OF the United States legation to Spain
in lS46 and 1S4S. In 1850 he located
in st. Louis, and from 1853 to 1857 was
United States district attorney In 1860
he was elected lieutenant governor OF Mis-
souri, on the same ticket with Claib Jack
son, and in the civil war sided with the
coniederates. In 1864 he fought duel
with B. Gratz Brown at thirty feet with
rifles, over political dispute. Mr.. Brown
was hit in the knee, but Mr.. Reynolds was
not touched.
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A Man Who Has To Be Patient.

For nine years John McCracken has
occupied a bed at the City Poor Farm.
For the past three years he has been
entirely helpless. Every joint. except
ing about the jaw. has become as
stone, perfectly immovable. The case
is one of the most peculiar ever record
ed in this portion of the country.
A dozen years ago John McCracken
was well-known and popular young
man living in Lawrencevlle. One
night when he was out with parry OF
friends he was exposed to the rain and
cold for several hours. His constitution
was supposed to be sufficiently strong
to withstand almost anything, but thai
night Of rain and cold proved an over
dose even for him. The next day he
had rheumatism, and from that day to
this he has never left his bed.
Gradually his disease fastened itself
on him, and at the end of a couple oil
years he was helpless and his money
was gone," He was sent 10 the Poor
Farm in 1873 He has been almost in
one position there since the first
The Tactic acid in h 8 blood destroyed
the synovial membranes and fibrous
structures about the joints of his body,
and the empty spaces gradually filled
with deposits Of lime salts and mineral
substances.
The lower limbs became stiff first
the toes, ankles and knees. Then the
hips and arms became immovable, ant
finally it became impossible for him tt
move his head more than half an inch
He is now absolutely helpless, Pills
burgh Dispatch.
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Now is the Time

to see the Niagara in all the beauty of
it's winter garb, environed by marvel
GUS and fantastic forms of ice and snow.
Gigantic iccles form on the overhang-
ing rocks and reach from summit to
base of the tall precipices. The ice
bridge generally extends from the
Horseshoe Fall to point near the rail-
road bridge. lasts generally from two
to three months, and is crossed by hun
dreds of foot passengers during the
winter. The ice forming the bridge is
ordinarily from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty feet thick-ris;ng
from fifty to sixty feet above the natur-
al surface of the river. The tinge of
the waters from the dark green of sum-
mer is sometimes changed to yellow;
the trees on Goat Island and Prospect
Park, sheathed in a glitterng mail of
ice. formed and added to by the inces-
sanity rising spray, seem partially
buried; mass of quaint and curious
crystalline forms stand in lieu of the
bushes; the buildings seem to sink I'M
| der ponderous coverings Of snow and
ice; the tops OF trees and points of rock
on which the dazzling white frost does
not lie stand out in bold contrast, form
ing the deep shadows of the entrancin o
picture The whole presents wild,
savage aspect, grand and imposing be-
yand adeaqata descr ptior:
If one can see niagara but once, ii
had better be in winter than in summer.
The scene is one of peerless grandeur,
worth going hundreds OF miles to see,
and daily excites the enthusiastic de.
| light of the Michigan Central pas.
| sengers who gaze enraptured upon il
from the magnificent standp9int of Fall
| View, above and almost on the brink
of the Horse Shoe Falls:
From this point, says Peck's San. Ell
itorially, ''the Michigan Contra
gives its passengers the most bcautif"
view to be seen on this earth. There
may be more beautiful views on some
other earth. but no railroad runs there
! vet -
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between Cabot and me, and put me in
the way of proving that Tom Jennings
adopted me in my earliest infancy out
of an orphan asylum, where l had been
placed by mother just before her death.
She was in consumption, and as her
last hours drew near she made conf
dant of Tom Jennings wife. and told
her that she had been deceived by
false marriage between herself and the
father of this Edgar Cabot. As the
years passed, and Tom found that the
Cabots were not, as o rule, dissolute
men, he thought he would investigate
the so-called false marriage, He did
so, and found that it was genuine one;
that my father, Edward Cabot, had had
no intention of deceiving my mother,
but having died suddenly before my
birth. had kept the marriage secret on
ly for fear of his fathers wrath, for my
mother was plain farmers daughter,
poor but honest, us the phrase is. Old
Tom had become fond of me, and know
ing that the Cabots had nothing to be-
queath me except the name, he legally
adopted me as his son. So, you see. l
purchased my ancestors of my older half
brother. Edgar Cabot came here to-
night, DR.. Randall, to tell you this sto-
ry: tomorrow"
MAX, was your mother s name Ra-
chelp" DR.. Randall asked, abruptly.
Yes; Rachel Dennison. of Weston
Mills
Il was present at your birth, boy,
and your mother told me this story.
I investigated it for her sake. and found
it true, your father having been wild
over before he met your mother.
When l next saw her she was dead and
the baby had vanished. so the whole
thing went out of mind until this mo-
ment." Here the doctor had to pause
to rub his spectacles, and Pauline took
advantage of the brief silence to say:
"Now that you've got Il grandfather
of your own, l suppose you and Olive
will be getting married, and then you'll
be my brother Max, will you not?'-
Francis E. Wadleigh, in The Current.
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Ailbank. OAK, Agitated by Shameful Scandal
Immediately Followed nv n Suicide.

lmmeutately fOiiOWed Dy q Sulciue.
Milbank, Oak, Special Telegram, March
31.-A deplorable tragedy, accompanied
by tale OF domestic infidelity in high life,
has been the cause OF the greatest SEN
sation in Milbank tho past twenty-four
tier and one OF the most highly re-
spected citizens, lies dead by his
own hand. Mrs. John c. Knapp, the wife
OF an other old settler and equally respect
ed citizen, the register OF deeds and presi.
dent OF the board oil education, is involved
In the case. The trouble from all accounts,
dates back five or six years. The
injured husband has had reason at
various time to suspect his
proof until within the past two or three
days. Mr.. Knapp placed the matter in the
hands OF Edgar M. Bennett, OF the firm OF
Bennett g. Eldridge, Big Stone City, who en-
gagged Detective Bob Major OF Ortonville to
work up the case. The female domestic in
Mr.. knapp's house was taken into
confidence, and admitted the de-
tective to the house on Friday evening and
again on Wednesday evening. On Friday
evening the detective heard Schuchartt
enter the house, being admitted by Mrs.
Knapp. Before he got to the bed room
from the basement the guilty pair had
emerged from the room, and he did not de-
tect them at the act. On Wednesday
evening, however, he caught them
in fagrante delicto, and threw
the light Of dark lantern upon them.
Schuchartt attempted to escape, but Maj or
held him at the point OF a revolver and
then summoned the domestic and sent her
out to bring in several neighbors to wit
ness the scene. 1t was a clear case, and
the guilty parties Immediately arranged to
Ian, ha 81 nv haUua1 hop
paramour to not desert her, and he de-
clared that as soon as q divorce was OBJ
tanned he would marry her. Schuchartt
then walked out to his house, a mile from
town, for the purpose, as he declared of
hitching up his horse and buggy
and driving to Ortonville to
which place money to be sent him from the
bank here. This was evidently his inten-
ton when he left town; but he apparently
enormity OF his disgrace and also that
as Mason, he had invaded the
sanctity OF fellow Mason's home.
He then deliberately placed the muzzle OF
loaded shotgun to his mouth, and with
his toe discharged the weapon and died in
stantly. The husband, in pursuance OF
the plot to entrap the parties, had gone to
Big Stone City in the morning. Coroner
Daniels summoned H. Lewis, G.. W. Bart
lett and J. Z. Simmons, as a jury, who
rendered verdict that "the de-
ceased came to his death by his
own hands" Mrs. Knapp, who has been a
prominent member OF the w. c. I. U. and
OF the Methodist church, left for Appleton
Mimi, where she will remain until she
makes further arrangements to meet her
folks from Michigan. Mr.. Knapp has be-
gun proceedings for divorce. Schuchartts
relatives live in Wisconsin. He had lived
alone since coming to Dakota, having been
divorced some years ago. His only child,
son, is a student in an Eastern college.
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AUuainted All Around.

We met him and he asked us for a
nickel. OF course he got it. We asked
him where he came from?
'Checaggy, boss"
How long since you left there|
Some length O. period. Used to So
journ on Biler avenue. l have seen
better days and don't you overlook it.
1 was captain during the late unpleas-
antless."
"a captain?''
'Yes-captain of flat boat. You
ought to ha' been to see me-
''Was you worth looking at?"
II was, my lord duke. Twas regu-
Godey's Lady's Book fashion plate.
wore a coat with two tails, and vest
with two buttons on it; and when
was to St. Louis, Fourth street alters got
up and howled after me-"
"You seem to have been around?''
'.Well, slightly
DO you know Vine street. in Gin
did you mention beer, bossP"
well, now, tell us something about
New York
moo York? Hem! I've witnessed
the village. They've got street there
called the Bowery that takes a grain OF
salt out of anything ever seed. liked
Manhattan well enough as long as the
people sufficiently tumbled to the great
question of human necessities, but when
l got down so [ couldn't afford night S
lodging in Chatham street, l aroused a
big disgust and shuffied the metropolis. u
We we're about to ask further ques-
tons, but he remarked that he thought
he had given us enough for the money
and off he went singing:
''If in search of information,
Or in search of merriment,
just come along with ME, sor,
To Murphy's tenement;
For Murphy owns a mansion
In the First Ward, near the dock''-
and we had no further chance to inquire
whether OF not he was ring candidate
for Office. Louis Magazine.
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REDUCED TO A SKELETON BIZ DISEASE, AND
RESTORED TO HEALTH WITH DIR. PAR
DEE'S REMEDY
Wilcpr Niaua

Wilson, Niagara Co., y. Y.
GENTLEMEN:-In April, 1888 l was pros.
trated by severe attack OF inflammatory
rheumatism and was confined to my bed
four months. I was attended by the best
medical skill, but rapidly grew worse until
l was reduced to mere skeleton.
The disease had gone to my lungs and to
the region OF my heart and was finally
given up by the physicians, who said
could live but few hours at most, and that
all they could do was to make me as easy
as possible by killing the pain by frequent
injections of morphine. I was finally ad-
yised by friend to take DR.. Paroles Rheu-
matte Remedy. Upon being asked as to
giving it to me, the physician said II have
no faith in patent medicines. but give it to
him; it will not hurt him"
l was then so near dead that my limbs
were cold below the knees, and a numb
sensation began to creep over my body,
and suffered with great pain in my chest
and about my heart. After had taken
the first few doses experienced more pain
than before, for it seemed to drive the pain
from the vital parts toward the extrem-
tiles. continued to take it according to
directions. Four days after, the physician
who gave me up called to see me, and said
l was much better. In about four weeks
l could sit up; then gained very fast and
became as well as ever.
CHAs. 0. BARNUM.
Brother of D. C. Barnum, Attorney. 126
Powers Block, Rochester, to whom per
sons can refer.
Ask for DR.. Pardee's Remedy, and take
no other. II your Druggist does not keep
it, and refuses to get it for you, write to US
and We will send you Six Bottles for S., or
One Bottle Free.
Address, PARDEE MEDICINE Co..
ROCHESTER, \. Y.